Previous studies have proven that the MLR is an excellent predictor for survival outcome in patients with colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and other carcinomas. Some related studies on gastric cancer also found the potential of the MLR on prognostic evaluation. However, there is no consensus on MLR stratification cutoffs for lymph node staging, especially a lack of data for advanced gastric cancer located in the cardia and fundus.
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